Meadow Lake vs Rio Communities

A side-by-side comparison of Meadow Lake and Rio Communities: population, income, housing, and more.

Meadow Lake and Rio Communities are places in New Mexico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rio Communities has the higher population (4,924 vs 3,959 in Meadow Lake). Rio Communities has the higher median household income ($46,223 vs $38,872 in Meadow Lake). Rio Communities has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $83,500 in Meadow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Lake	Rio Communities
Population	3,959	4,924
Median age	36.9 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,872	$46,223
Median home value	$83,500	$200,000
Median gross rent	$783	$870
Housing units	1,610	1,999
Homeownership rate	78.8%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Lake	Rio Communities
Population	3,832 → 3,959 (+3.3%)	4,568 → 4,924 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$30,532 → $38,872 (+27.3%)	$34,281 → $46,223 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $83,500 (+13.0%)	$140,000 → $200,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $783 (+11.4%)	$968 → $870 (-10.1%)

Meadow Lake

Population

3,8323,959

Median household income

$30,532$38,872

Median home value

$73,900$83,500

Median gross rent

$703$783

Rio Communities

Population

4,5684,924

Median household income

$34,281$46,223

Median home value

$140,000$200,000

Median gross rent

$968$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Lake	Rio Communities
Under 5	1.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	30.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	16.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	21.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.2%
75 and over	4.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Lake	Rio Communities
White (non-Hispanic)	13.6%	37.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	83.6%	49.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Lake	Rio Communities
No high school diploma	30.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Lake	Rio Communities
Drove alone	71.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	24.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Lake	Rio Communities
1-unit, detached	14.8%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	84.3%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Lake	Rio Communities
Poverty rate	30.2%	15.1%
Average household size	3.17	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	39	24
Median year structure built	1992	1982